Moon, Venus and Jupiter on parade in west... |
Moon, Venus and Jupiter on parade in west... |
Mar 26 2012, 05:13 AM
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Great to have the seven sisters in the image! Frames up nice.
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Mar 26 2012, 10:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
I had a good one recently: an airplane, ISS, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter -- a quick education in Astronomy!
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Mar 26 2012, 11:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Mar 26 2012, 07:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 29-January 09 Member No.: 4589 |
-------------------- Protein structures and Mars fun - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick960/
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Mar 27 2012, 03:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
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Mar 27 2012, 04:08 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Figuring I'd "done" the conjunction pretty comprehensively from Kendal Castle, last night I went down to Lake Windermere to try for some shots from there. I had a crazy idea to try and get a pic showing the Moon, Venus and Jupiter all reflected in the lake...
More on my blog, as usual... http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2012/03/2...w-from-the-lake -------------------- |
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Mar 28 2012, 09:58 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Another night, another photo safari, this time to the "picturesque coastal town of Arnside", famous for its stunning views 'across the bay', and its fish and chips, which draw people from miles around. Gorgeous clear night, with beautiful sunset colours, and the Moon, Venus and Jupiter blazing above, and reflected in, the waters of the bay. A great way to say goodbye, and thank you, to the conjunction...
Lots more at: http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/conjunctions-end -------------------- |
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Apr 1 2012, 09:35 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Thought I was done taking pics of Venus and Jupiter, but the sky at our Ullswater campsite on Friday night was too good to waste...
More on: http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2012/04/0...neath-the-stars -------------------- |
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Apr 1 2012, 04:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
Told you Venus and Jupiter would still be great!!
Nice shot with the illuminated tent. Get your binoculars or small scope out for Venus and the Pleiades on Monday and Tuesday night. More (not as scenic) photos of Venus and Jupiter (and the Moon) at http://bkellysky.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/...us-and-jupiter/ bob |
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Apr 3 2012, 01:29 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
Venus passed by the Pleiades Cluster tonight. My photo is with a Canon XS f/7.1, 1/5 second, ISO1600, 21mm lens setting, looking through a 50mm (25x) eyepiece of a 200mm-aperture Dobsonian reflector telescope. Brightened and contrast increased in Photoshop Elements, compressed from 3MB to 0.64MB. Venus is vastly overexposed.
bob bkellysky.wordpress.com |
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Apr 3 2012, 05:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
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Apr 3 2012, 11:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
Venus will become more crescent-shaped and larger this month - already less than half full in this photo taken April 2nd, a few days after the one above.
I used a Canon XS attached in place of an eyepiece on a 200mm aperture Dobsonian Reflector Telescope, 1/50 second exposure ISO-400 using the prime focus technique. Photo cropped from a very large, mostly blank exposure. |
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Apr 8 2012, 02:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
I had a quiz last week asking whose 2 gods were the Gods of the Olympics in ancient greece! I am unable to double check but the answer was Zeus and Aphodite... which means Jupiter and Venus for the Romans. That's a kind of nice coincidence for the coming Olympics in London in another 4 months, right Stu?
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Apr 9 2012, 02:44 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Absolutely, Climber!
Just found out that Nancy Atkinson (no relation, honest!) has been kind enough to use on Universe Today an astropoem I wrote about the conjunction... http://www.universetoday.com/94482/planeta...hup/#more-94482 Just my own personal way of remembering a rather special time. -------------------- |
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